Assigning can be simplified by way of a step-by-step wizard that guides you through the process of copying assignments from a previous or existing course section into a new course section. Some functionality may be pre-set or disabled for schools using Roster Assistant.
How do I get to the Assignment Wizard?
- From the Courses dashboard, go to the course section menu for the course section into which you wish to copy assignments.
- Select Assignment Wizard from the course section menu.
Step 1: Choose a Course Template
- Click “Change course template.”
- From the corresponding drop-down menus, select the desired course and section.
- Click “confirm this selection.”
- Continue to Step 2.
Step 2: Set the Content to Include
- From the drop-down menus, select the lesson range you will be covering in your new course section.
Click “Show options” to view additional settings that will filter the assignments:
a. If necessary, deselect any lesson sections that you do not plan to assign from the course section being copied.
b. If necessary, deselect any activity types that you do not plan to assign from the course section being copied.
c. Click “Hide options” to close the content options menu.
Continue to Step 3.
Step 3: Set the Due Date Information
- Select a day or days of the week on which assignments will be due by clicking on a corresponding check box.
- The assignments will be grouped as they were in the course section being copied. If you wish to group the assignments differently, please uncheck “Keep assignments grouped as they were in my existing course.”
- Click “Show options” to view additional assignment distribution options. Please deselect options as needed:
- Allow assignments from two lessons on the same due date.
- Allow assignments from one lesson section to be split across multiple due dates.
- Allow assignments from one learning group within a section of a lesson to be split across multiple due dates.
- Click “Hide options” to close the options menu.
- Continue to Step 4.
Step 4: Review Assignment Distribution and Make Adjustments
The chart in this step displays a visual representation of the assignment distribution being copied into your new course section based on the items you’ve selected in Steps 1–3. You may make additional changes to the assignment distribution by removing specific assignment dates or assignments, by moving assignments to another date, or by locking assignment dates that you do not want the Assignment Wizard to adjust.
To review the activities in the assignment distribution:
- Move your cursor over any of the segments representing each lesson and/or lesson section to view tool tips that identify the number and type of activities as well as the estimated completion time.
- Click on a segment to display a pop-up list of the activities assigned on that due date.
After doing so, you may:
- Preview an activity by clicking on its title link
- Move the first activity to the previous due date (if applicable)
- Move the last activity to the next due date (if applicable)
- Remove an assignment by clicking its “Delete” link
NOTE: At any time after saving this assignment distribution, you may remove or reassign an assignment manually from the Assign area.
- Click “close” to close the Assignments pop-up.
- You may make additional manual adjustments to the assignment distribution, including:
- Remove a day/date: Uncheck the box next to a desired day/date to remove the day (such as a holiday) from the assignment distribution.
- Lock an assignment day/date: Click the lock icon next to a desired day/date to lock days you would like to remain unchanged when making overall adjustments to the assignment distribution.
NOTE: Any further changes to Steps 1–3 will undo any edits made to the assignment distribution in Step 4.
- Click “save” to generate the assignments for this course section.
NOTE: It will take several moments for the wizard to generate the assignments.